Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 245 - 209: Impending Danger, Hakko Ichiu Reveals His Whereabouts (Part 2)

The middle-aged man in black spoke.

Meanwhile.

In Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture, Peace Platform Park was completely sealed off for the day, closed to all visitors.

Within Peace Platform Park, a stone tower stood atop a hill more than sixty meters high.

The tower had a peculiar shape, like a jutting mountain peak. Four statues of fully-armored warriors stood guard around it, and the front was inscribed with the phrase ’Eight Universes in One’.

But what was most striking was the tower’s base. It was a patchwork of many different stones, and one could easily see the distinct differences between them.

Some were white, others black. Some stones even bore carvings of dragons or qilin, making it obvious they had been cut directly from other buildings.

The entire base had an intensely strange, cobbled-together feel.

That’s right. The stones used for the tower’s entire base were "foundation stones" cut from various occupied territories and sent back to Japan when the country rampaged across Asia.

Over sixty percent of those stones came from Donghua.

Jinling, Modu, the Great Wall, Tai Mountain, Lushan... and other precious stones of "historical significance" and "value" from various locations.

These stones were used as the foundation, suppressed by the monument above, which was built entirely from stone quarried in Miyazaki Prefecture.

Miyazaki Prefecture, the birthplace of Japan’s Heavenly Emperor Clan.

The stones were a symbol of history itself.

The so-called "Eight Universes in One" was the slogan Japan used during its invasion of other Asian countries.

The tower’s purpose was to serve as an object to suppress the fortune of other nations—a "nightmare ward" intended to place the people and history of Japan above all other Asian peoples and their histories.

After Japan was defeated in the war, the inscription on the tower was destroyed. But once the Japanese government recovered its strength, it rebuilt the tower and brazenly renamed it the "Tower of Peace."

Now, inside a chamber within the Eight Universes in One Tower, a figure in a black robe was arranging various items.

The four walls were plastered with countless talisman papers covered in spells. Red threads, stained with some strange, viscous red liquid, crisscrossed the room. Various Dharma Artifacts hung from these red threads.

White candles flickered with an eerie green light, shrouding the entire chamber in an exceptionally bizarre atmosphere.

If an ordinary person were to stand here, they would probably feel a bone-deep chill and their mind would descend into chaos.

After finishing his preparations, the black-robed man took out a palm-sized doll from within his robes.

The doll was a perfect, proportionally-shrunken likeness of Yi Beidou in both face and figure.

Most importantly, the black-robed man had constructed a simulated system of meridians within the doll. The liquid used in it was a diluted solution made from the bloodstains extracted from the bullet that had wounded Yi Beidou.

Mr. Ju sat cross-legged in the center of the chamber. He forced blood from his fingertip and used it to draw a pattern resembling a blood-red chrysanthemum, then added complex spells around it.

SWOOSH!!

With a wave of his hand, several ends of the red threads arranged around the room shot out and wrapped tightly around the doll, suspending it in the Void in a spread-eagle position.

"With the help of this Eight Universes in One Tower, you’ll have nowhere to hide. Let me show you the true power of my Nine Chrysanthemums Sect’s Nightmare Technique."

Mr. Ju smiled faintly.

The Eight Universes in One Tower was a Feng Shui Grand Array, inextricably linked to the Great Trend of Japan’s national fortune. In the hands of a powerful Feng Shui Mage, it could unleash unimaginable power.

Now, he intended to borrow the power of this evil tower to leave Yi Beidou with no place to run.

He rapidly formed various hand seals. A glow began to emanate from his body, and as he formed more and more seals, the light grew increasingly intense.

Gradually, the glow seemed to merge with the surrounding arrangements, activating some kind of mysterious power.

VMM! VMM! VMM!!

Everything in the chamber began to tremble. A blood-red light radiated from the threads, and the spells on the talisman papers plastered to the walls flickered as if they had come alive, circulating in a continuous flow.

Outside, a faint glow seemed to envelop the Eight Universes in One Tower. Its entire foundation trembled slightly, and when this tremor reached a certain limit...

BOOM!!

An invisible wave of magnetic energy shot straight into the clouds.

In an instant, dark clouds gathered in the Sky, and thunder began to roll.

Meanwhile.

In the Tokyo City District, Yi Beidou walked along the street. The crowd was bustling, but no one could perceive his presence. If anyone got too close, they would unconsciously move aside to avoid him.

Not long ago, he had left the area around Celestial Imperial Mountain and re-entered Tokyo. Following his Celestial Demon Sensing, he had visited the base of some dark organization in the Tokyo City District. He put all the members there into a baby-like sleep and ate his fill.

He knew very well that he was about to face a dangerous battle and needed to restore his Physical Ability to its peak condition.

Now, he was ready.

Yi Beidou’s gaze fell on a spot not far down the street.

There, a massive iron tower over three hundred meters tall stood in a plaza.

The Tokyo Tower.

It was a popular photo spot for the many tourists who came to Tokyo.

Yi Beidou slowly walked toward the Tokyo Tower. Even from a distance, he could see some kind of commotion there.